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Bug#247036: marked as done ([i386] [beta4] [netinst] Can't make multiple partitions bootable; Windows XP undetected)

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regarding [i386] [beta4] [netinst] Can't make multiple partitions bootable; Windows XP undetected
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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: May 2, 2004, beta 4 from cdimage.debian.org
uname -a: Linux elea 2.6.3-1-386 #2 Tue Feb 24 20:20:23 EST 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: May 2, 2004, early afternoon (Pacific time).
Method: Boot from 110MB CD image.  Net install.

Machine: emachines T2615
Processor: Athlon XP 2600+
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE, /dev/hdb
Root Size/partition table:
For Sarge, I am using /dev/hdb5 as root and /dev/hda2 as swap.

Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
 
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        8982    72147883+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            8983        9075      747022+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3            9076       11625    20482875    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda4           11626       14593    23840460    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5           11626       11663      305203+   b  W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
 
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           1           6       48163+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb2               7        1536    12289725   83  Linux
/dev/hdb3   *        1537        2995    11719417+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb4            2996        4865    15020775    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb5   *        2996        4865    15020743+  83  Linux

Output of lspci:
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8
KM266/KL266]elea:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266/KL266]
Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266
AGP]
0000:00:0a.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev
01)
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8
KM266/KL266]

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [E]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [E]
Reboot:                 [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

The drive I installed Sarge on already had two bootable partitions.  When
I made the Sarge partition (hdb5) bootable, the other bootable partitions
were marked bootable.  I tried making them bootable again, but the
partition
manager wouldn't allow more than one partition on the drive to be marked
bootable.  (Running cfdisk as soon as installation was done solved the
problem.)

The grub installer detected my other Linux installations successfully,
but
it did not detect Windows XP on /dev/hda1.  (Editing /boot/menu.lst
solved the
problem.)

I find the button "Go Back" confusing.  In the dialog box asking whether
to
write the partition table, for instance, it's not obvious that "Go Back"
means "Go back to the main menu," rather than "Go back to editing the
partition table."  You might consider replacing "Go Back" with "Main
Menu."
Or you could add explanations in appropriate places of what "Go Back"
will do.

Note: I used the linux26 option.

Thanks,
Rob



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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
  Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
  the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
  D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
  fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful


The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet. 

In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.

You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.

If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.

Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.

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